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Columbia College Theatre Department Teachers Onscreen and Onstage at June 23 Screening of Documentary on Pioneering Chicago Improv Troupe, ‘Compass Cabaret 55’

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Compass Cabaret 55
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman will be on a panel discussing Chicago theatre and improv history when the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival screens Compass Cabaret 55, a documentary about the fabled...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Co-Hosts Physical Theatre Festival July 7-12; International Event Includes Workshops and Performances

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Physical Festival Chicago
The second annual Physical Festival Chicago takes place July 7-12, with workshops at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in the city’s South Loop and performances at Links Hall at Constellation on Chicago’s north side. Under the leadership of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni in Hypocrites’ Remounted ‘All Our Tragic’ June 20-Aug. 9

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All Our Tragic
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of The Hypocrites‘ remount of its acclaimed 2014 production All Our Tragic, running June 20-August 9 at the Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Voice Program Coordinator Cecilia O’Reilly Featured in Chicago Tribune

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Cecilia O’Reilly, coordinator of the voice training component of the Acting Program, was interviewed in the Chicago Tribune in an article about the challenges British actors face mastering American accents. O’Reilly is...
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19

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Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Take Part in Theatre on the Lake Summer Theatre Festival; Bailiwick Chicago’s ‘Murder Ballad’ Launches Festival June 17

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Two of Chicago’s strongest selling points are its vibrant theatre scene and its beautiful lakefront, and the Chicago Park District’s annual Theatre on the Lake Summer Theatre Festival, which showcases encore performances of some of the most exciting professional...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Stars in One-Man Show in Los Angeles July 24-August 16

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The Ben Hecht Show
  Actor-playwright James Sherman, a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member who teaches playwriting and improvisation, will star in the West Coast premiere of his one-man play The Ben Hecht Show, a portrait of legendary Chicago journalist-turned-Hollywood-screenwriter Ben...
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Jackalope Theatre, Founded and Led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Honored for ‘New Work’ at Joseph Jefferson Awards June 8

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Congratulations to Jackalope Theatre, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni: the company’s 2014 production of Exit Strategy, by Ike Holter, was honored in the “New Work” category at the 42nd annual Non-Equity Joseph...
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